2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

SB0523: School chaplains.

Legislative Summary

School chaplains. Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met. Allows a school chaplain to provide: (1) secular advice, guidance, and support services; and (2) nonsecular advice, guidance, and support services if certain conditions are met. Provides that, with exceptions, communications made by a student to a school chaplain are privileged and confidential.

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Bill History

1/16/2025
Authored by Senators Donato and Raatz
Senate
1/16/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
Senate
2/6/2025
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Senate
2/6/2025
Senators Byrne, Rogers, Schmitt added as coauthors
Senate
2/10/2025
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Senate
2/11/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 32, nays 16
Senate
2/11/2025
House sponsor: Representative Miller D
Senate
2/11/2025
Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire, Davis, Teshka
Senate
2/12/2025
Referred to the House
Senate
3/3/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

Senate - Third reading
2/11/2025
32
Yea
16
Nay
1
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/12/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Education(House of Representatives)

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text2/6/2025130.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/15/2025112.7 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/11/202551.0 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/10/202551.4 KB
Misc
Misc2/6/202548.9 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/6/202551.3 KB
Misc
Misc2/5/202521.7 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/15/202550.8 KB